Health reform in Australia and New Zealand /
Health reform in Australia and New Zealand /
edited by Abby Bloom.
- xxiii, 383 p. ; 23 cm.
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references.
Contributors -- Tables -- Figures -- Boxes -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- General Introduction -- Context and Framework of Health Sector Reform -- Introduction -- Context and Lead-up to Health Reform -- The Political Economy of Health Sector Reform -- Distinguishing Features of Reform in Australia and New Zealand -- Key Dimensions of the Reform Process -- Introduction -- Health Care Financing in Australia and New Zealand -- The Changing Public-Private Balance -- Reforming the Australian Health Care System: The Role of Government -- The Evolving Role of Government in Health Sector Reform in New Zealand -- The Evolution of the Purchaser Role for Acute In-Patient Services in Australia -- The Changing Role of Clinicians: Their Role in Health Reform in Australia and New Zealand -- Models of Health Sector Reform -- Introduction -- Primary-Care Reform in New Zealand: Key Contrasts with Australia -- A Tale of Two States: New South Wales and Victoria -- They Said It Couldn't Be Done: Contracting for Veterans' Hospital Care in Australia -- Hospital Co-Locations: Private Sector Participation in the Hospital Sector in Australia -- Intergovernmental Reforms in Public Health -- Placing Prevention at the Centre of Health Sector Reform -- The New Wave of Health Sector Reform -- Introduction -- Quality Measures in Australian Health Care -- Managing Performance for Better Results -- Evidence-Based Health Care -- Health in an Ageing Society: Cost Rhetoric Versus Service Reform -- A Model of Aged-Care Reform -- Conclusion -- References -- Index. Pt. I. 1. 2. 3. Pt. II. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Pt. III. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. Pt. IV. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.
0195508602(pbk.) : No price
GBA0-Z4474
Health care reform--Australia
Health care reform--New Zealand
362.10993
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references.
Contributors -- Tables -- Figures -- Boxes -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- General Introduction -- Context and Framework of Health Sector Reform -- Introduction -- Context and Lead-up to Health Reform -- The Political Economy of Health Sector Reform -- Distinguishing Features of Reform in Australia and New Zealand -- Key Dimensions of the Reform Process -- Introduction -- Health Care Financing in Australia and New Zealand -- The Changing Public-Private Balance -- Reforming the Australian Health Care System: The Role of Government -- The Evolving Role of Government in Health Sector Reform in New Zealand -- The Evolution of the Purchaser Role for Acute In-Patient Services in Australia -- The Changing Role of Clinicians: Their Role in Health Reform in Australia and New Zealand -- Models of Health Sector Reform -- Introduction -- Primary-Care Reform in New Zealand: Key Contrasts with Australia -- A Tale of Two States: New South Wales and Victoria -- They Said It Couldn't Be Done: Contracting for Veterans' Hospital Care in Australia -- Hospital Co-Locations: Private Sector Participation in the Hospital Sector in Australia -- Intergovernmental Reforms in Public Health -- Placing Prevention at the Centre of Health Sector Reform -- The New Wave of Health Sector Reform -- Introduction -- Quality Measures in Australian Health Care -- Managing Performance for Better Results -- Evidence-Based Health Care -- Health in an Ageing Society: Cost Rhetoric Versus Service Reform -- A Model of Aged-Care Reform -- Conclusion -- References -- Index. Pt. I. 1. 2. 3. Pt. II. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Pt. III. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. Pt. IV. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.
0195508602(pbk.) : No price
GBA0-Z4474
Health care reform--Australia
Health care reform--New Zealand
362.10993